When the Kootenay
News Advertiser celebrated its 30th anniversary, the editor
of the day, Daleann
Shellborn, penned a
brief history. Here is
an abridged version
that tells the story of
how the paper was
born.
By Daleann Shellborn
Way back in 1972,
Canada abolished the
death penalty, Nixon
was elected the president of the United
States and of course,
Paul Henderson scored
the winning goal against
Russia. Don McLean
recorded American Pie
and The Godfather was
playing in movie theatres.
In the East Kootenay,
six pages of newsprint
were mailed to every
home on August 22,
1972. It was Volume 1,

Friday, August 17, 2012 Kootenay News Advertiser

Issue 1 of the Kootenay
Advertiser, a brand new
free newspaper.

“

What is an Advertiser?

a rented Olivetti typewriter, it’s full of advertisements for an upcom-

to the position statement “The paper that
goes
everywhere,”

niche,” said the paper’s
¿rst publisher, Daryl
Shellborn. “For the

entire region. A man
selling a horse in Creston could ¿nd a buyer

It’s a catalogue. It’s a Shopper’s Guide. It’s a marketplace when you
have something to buy or sell.
There are ‘Advertisers’ almost everywhere you go and now there is
the Kootenay ADvertiser. It will be coming to you in the mail, every
week, and it’s free!
You will ﬁnd features of interest in every issue. You will learn about
stores and services you may never have discovered before as well
as the specials your local businesses are offering. The staff of the
Kootenay ADvertiser hopes you will enjoy this issue and ﬁnd it
useful. We’ll be seeing you again next week!
Forward,
Kootenay Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 1

The ¿rst issue, however, wouldn’t win any
awards. Composed on

ing provincial election.
But its region-wide
distribution, which led

made it immediately
successful.
“It really ¿lled a

¿rst time people could
read about items available for sale from the

in Invermere. A woman
wanting to buy a sewing machine in Boswell

would get calls from
Sparwood.”
The original owners
of the paper were Cliff
Hilmo and Ray Joy.
They soon sold their interest to Shellborn and
his partners Peter HoÀund, Lou Rogers and
Jack Kennedy. Later,
Kennedy and HoÀund
sold their share of the
company to Rogers and
Shellborn, who owned
the paper until it was
sold to Rena Long in
1997. Today, the Kootenay News Advertiser
is owned by Black
Press.
We at the Kootenay
News Advertiser want
to express our gratitude
to all the people who
have read this newspaper over the years and
especially to those who
contribute. Besides being the paper that goes
everywhere, it is the
paper made by you, the
people of the East Kootenay Region.

Pop culture references you
might remember from 1972
1972
was
an
interesting year in the
world. As interesting
as world events of
the time were the
things that we were
all listening to and
watching in that era of
bell bottom jeans and
striped shirts.
Music top 10

7) A Clockwork
Orange
8) Cabaret
9) The Hospital
10) Everything You
Always Wanted To
Know About Sex
Most Popular Fiction
Books

1) American Pie by
Don McLean
2) Let’s Stay Together
by Al Green
3) Without You by
Nilsson
4) Heart of Gold by
Neil Young
5) A Horse With No
Name by America
6) The First Time I
Ever Saw Your Face by
Roberta Flack
7) Oh Girl by the ChiLites
8) I’ll Take You There
by The Staple Singers
9) Candy Man by
Sammy Davis Jr.
10) Song Sung Blue
by Neil Diamond

1)
Jonathan
Livingston Seagul by
Richard Bach
2) August, 1914
by
Alexander
Solzhenitsyn
3) The Odessa File by
Frederick Forsyth
4) The Day of the
Jackal by Frederick
Forsyth
5) The Word by Irving
Wallace
6) The Winds of War
by Herman Wouk
7) Captains and Kings
by Taylor Caldwell
8) Two from Galilee
by Marjorie Holmes
9) My Name is Asher
Lev by Chaim Potok
10) Semi-Tough by
Dan Jenkins

Most
Movies

Popular

Most Popular NonFiction Books

1) The Godfather
2) Fiddler on the
Roof
3) Diamonds are
Forever
4) What’s up Doc?
5) Dirty Harry
6) The Last Picture
Show

1) The Living Bible
by Kenneth Taylor
2) I’m OK, You’re
OK by Thomas Harris
3) Open Marriage
by Nena and George
O’Neill
4) Harry S. Truman
by Margaret Truman

It’s all about family and
service at The Bedroom
In 1977, Fred and
Gloria Hoechsmann,
Employees of Cominco
and Crestbrook respectively, began making
waterbeds out of their
basement in Kimberley
BC as a hobby. Little
did they know that their
hobby would turn into
a successful career. As
word of mouth spread
about waterbeds made
by Fred, so did their enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit. So when
a waterbed store came
up for sale in downtown Cranbrook, they
decided to gamble and
went into business full
time. Soon The Bedroom, AKA Waterbed
Fred’s Fine Furniture
store was a household
name in the Cranbrook
area.
In the mid 80’s with
the waterbed boom on
the decline The Bedroom moved into other
product categories other than just waterbeds.
To make room for more
living, dining, of¿ce
and bedroom furniture,
The Bedroom expanded the showroom Àoor
tripling the amount
of space to 7500 sq/
ft. More dollars were
invested in marketing
and promotion as well
expanding awareness
to other areas all over
the Kootenays.
As the business continued to grow so did
the need for even more
space. So once again
another renovation was
undertaken converting
upstairs loft apartments
into an additional 5000
sq/ft of one of a kind
showrooms. This added a new and unique
element to the store
for customers to enjoy.
Instead of a big box
style showroom, The
Bedroom had become
a network of rooms all
with a different feel
and look.
From the beginning,
The Bedroom has always been committed
to providing it’s customers with the highest
quality product at the
best price. So to help
accomplish this goal,
in 1992, a decision was
made to join a powerhouse buying group
allowing independent
furniture retailers from
across Canada to join
forces and combine
their purchases. The
result was more buying

power and larger savings for you!
Another addition of
5000 sq/ft in November 2001 expanded the
Bedroom to 18,500
square feet. This new
space allowed for a
huge in store La-z-boy
gallery. The original
brick structure of the
building was salvaged
creating a large archway leading you into
the gallery. The design center was also
upgraded with the latest technology allowing you to digitally put
your choice of fabric
to any frame La-z-boy
carries.
In 2002, son Joey
and his wife Christine
moved to the Kootenays to help run the
business. Joey graduated with honours in
Marketing & Business
from BCIT. He was
the president of the
BCIT Marketing Association and won the International AMA sales
competition in 2002.
Christine
graduated
from UBC with a Bachelor of Science degree.
Joey and Christine’s
positive outlook and
high service standards
made them a valuable
asset to the company.
2007 marked a milestone for The Bedroom
Furniture galleries 30 years in business.
The celebration also
marked the of¿cial
passing of the key from
Fred and Gloria to Joey
and Christine.
You
might think The Bedroom would be tired
of expanding, but in
2007 another building
was acquired giving
the store another 1500
sq feet.
Today, The Bedroom
Furniture
Galleries
has become 20,000
square feet of unique
showroom with different styles around
every corner. They’re
still your number one
choice for sleep solutions with mattresses
from Sealy, Simmons,
Springwall, Natura-latex and Tempur-pedic.
You will also ¿nd a full
selection of furnishings
from an elegant dining
room suite to the sofa
you always wanted.
And they still carry waterbeds...

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since 1977
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1972
“St. Eugene Mission
School on St. Mary’s
Reserve”
The mission school
had been sitting empty
for two years when a
Kootenay Advertiser
reporter spoke with Sophie Pierre about its history and future.
From the story:
“Several years before
it closed in June of 1970
it was taken over by the

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In 1972, the fate of the Mission was not decided yet.

federal
government.
Then it became a residence only and the children were bussed to various schools in the East
Kootenays. The object
was integration.“The
school is still in excellent condition and fully
equipped but its future
is very much undecided.”
“There were good days
an bad days. We lived
there ten months of the
year and were home for
only two. But we had a
lot of fun sometimes,”

The McDonald’s grand opening had people lining up around the block. Chris
Sorensen expected the restaurant to take off in the city–and he was right.
said Sophie Pierre.
School Referendum
Because of overcrowding, grade 7 students
had to go to elementary
schools. In the December 5, 1972 edition, the
paper ran a “Vote Yes”
for a new school ad.
The cost of the school
was set to run $393,000,
including site, buildings, equipment and

1973
other expenses.
Piperettes come to
Cranbrook

Rosemary
Bailey,
Hammond
Organist
who toured with “Music
Man” and “Bye. Bye,
Birdie” came to town.
Tickets were sold at
Hammond Organ Studios for $1.
Bailey was the founder of a group called The
Piperettes, who promoted Piper sales.
The Piper didn’t have
any pedals and it didn’t
feature chord buttons-instead, the player actually played a chord
which in turn played
an automatic bass part
with the appropriate
rhythmic ac-companiment. Along with the

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Piper, came another
new marketing concept from Hammond. A
group of Piperettes was
recruited and trained
by Rosemary Bailey.
These young ladies
were evident in almost
every shopping mall,
homeshow or other
place where multitudes
of people gathered
Couple wins trip to
Jamaica
For Cranbrook Mall’s
3rd anniversary, the
Powell’s, a Jaffray couple (Edwin and Doris)
won a 10-day trip to Jamaica.
Worries about big box
stores were also alive
and well at the time,
with the quote from
Mall Manager Rick
Spooner:
“We also feel the Mall
has not taken shoppers
away from downtown
stores as in some cities,
but has actually contributed to them by attracting more shoppers to
Cranbrook.”
First annual 4H Rally at Fort Steele
The ¿rst annual 4H
rally was held at Fort
Steele.
Beef,
Horse
and

1974
Homearts competitions
were held, with ¿rst in
the beef category going
to the Windermere Beef
Club.
McDonald’s Grand
Opening!
McDonald’s
grand
opening generated a
lot of local excitement.
I was owned and operated by Chris Sorensen,
owner of Kimberley’s
Super-Valu.
“McDonald’s prime
objective is to satisfy
the customer.” stated
the company motto.

riers in Cranbrook. 22
boys and girls were the
initial carriers. This was
in response to a postal
service strike.

The designation replaces the original farmland freeze of December 1972 establishes an
agricultural zone in the
Kootenay River Valley,
its tributaties and suitable lands adjacent to
the Kootenay and Arrow Lakes.
“Although little arable
land exists in the region,
a comparatively moderate climate has resulted
in major agricultural development in Creston,
with a wide range of
diversi¿ed agricultural
enterprises...

1975

Radio-a-thon
$16,520

nets

DJs Rudy DeBoer
and Rollie Buchanan of
CKEK did a 63 hour radiothon to raise money
to build Idlewild Community Park.
The goal was $10,000,
but the pair raised
$16,520. The estimated
total cost of the park
was just over $100,000

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Fields was the largest store in the Cranbrook Mall.

1976
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Bus Depot Grand
Opening
“January 25 will be
the grand opening of
the new bus depot complex at 1209 Cranbrook
St. N.”
On view was the new
Super 8 Scenicruiser
bus.
Travellodge opened
on Feb 1, taking advantage of the new bus terminal.

The Pizza Hut “Dinner in your den” concept made the chain a popular ‘70s
hangout.

Cranbrook Mall expansion completed

Fields opens in Fernie
“We are going to try
very hard to be the perfect hosts during our
grand opening,” said
Jim Harnden, manager
of the Fields store located in the IGS Building
in Fernie.

“A distinct feature
of the Pizza Hut is the
cozy, den-like atmosphere which can appeal
to a large family outing
or a private dinner for
two.”

Pizza Hut opens in
Cranbrook

Brian
Ironmonger
opens up his shop in
Galloway.

The Cranbrook Mall
was enlarged in 1976,
making it one-and-ahalf times its former
size at a cost of around
$3 million, bringing the
total worth of the mall
to $7.5 million.
Fields was the largest
store in the mall and the
shopping centre boasted
Foxy Lady, Grandma
Lee’s and Orange Julius
stand, the Village Inn
restaurant and a Family
Fun Centre to name just
a few of the operations
within.

One man saddle factory

He points out that
“factory made saddles
often contain errors of
workmanship or are ill
¿tting and do not stand
the abuse and punishment of a hand made
saddle.”
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Odd Aasland opened his museum in ‘77

1977
Odd Aasland Opens
New Taxidermy Museum
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taxidermist to make the
animal realistic,” said
Aasland.
Aasland had worked
out of a shop on 7th
Ave. and 1st. Street,
before he built the new
shop.

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Sparwood’s attraction,
the Terex Titan, was
wheeled into place in
September of 1978.
“More than 300 people
turned out in Sparwood,

last Tuesday, September
26, to witness a demonstration of the biggest
rear dump truck in the
world.”
The Titan is 66 feet

“A contract has been
awarded for the fabrication and erection of steel
for the new McPhee
bridge, near Cranbrook,
it was announced today by the Transportation, Communications
and Highways Minister
Alex V. Fraser and Terry
Segarty, MLA for East
Kootenay.”
The contract called for
fabrication and erection
of nearly 700 tonnes of
structural steel, including delivery for a 274.5
metre long bridge, including existing concrete
piers and abutments.

1980
“Construction begins
on Kimberley tourist
facilities.”

Then...
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“Federal and provincial cabinet ministers
commended Kimberley
Mayor James Ogilvie
today after a sod turning
ceremony to mark the
start of consgtruction of
over $5 million in new
tourism facilities at this
Kootenay resort area.”
The municipal golf
course went from 9 to
18 holes, a Bavarianthemed day lodge called
Kootenay-Haus
was
built at the summit of
North Star Mountain.
The mountain expanded
its ski area base facilities, an alpine slide was
to be built, a 60 site municipal campground and
¿ve new tennis courts-two of which to be covered.

1981

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An example of Mountain Man’s early advertising.

Mountain
Man
Sports opens in Cranbrook
“On Saturday, April
11, What began as a
dream has become a
reality and in just seven years the Augustine
family has seen a business grow and Àourish
from a tiny beginning
to two modern sporting
good stores.”
In 1974, Paul and
Rose Augustine opened
Jaffray Sports.
“We are thankful for
the support of our customers and we warmly
invite everyone to visit
us during our grand
opening,” said Paul.

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Wardner bridge before and after demolition.

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“After half a century
of service the steel
bridge at Wardner no
longer stands as a proud
sentinel and landmark
stretching across the
head of Koocanusa
Lake.”
The bridge was built
in 1927 and Hitec Steel
Construction Ltd. of
Burnaby was hired to
remove and dispose of
the bridge.
Emil Shellborn remembered working on
the bridge.
“About twelve men
pushed wheelbarrows
full of cement along

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two ten inch planks to
¿ll cement piers,” he
recalled.
Greenhills, a new
surface coal mine
“Initial production is
planned at 1.8 million
metric tons per year of
metallurgical or coking
coal and some thermal
coal.”
158 million tonnes of
coal are estimated to be
recoverable at the time
and the project was expected 840 full time
jobs. The work was
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1983.

1983
CP Rail donates special car to railway museum
“CP Rail has donated
business car #19 to the
Cranbrook
Railway
Museum. The honour
was announced by the
British Columbia Heritage Trust who made
a successful bid on the
Cranbrook Museum’s
behalf.”

The car was built in
1928, being named
“British
Columbia”,
before having a name
change to “Rupertsland”
and “Champlain” before getting its old name
back in 1962
“We are extremely
pleased that CP Rail has
decided to donate the car
to our museum as it is a
part of this area’s history and our museum is
known Canada wide as
a leader in railway passenger car restoration
and preservation,” said
Anne Edwards, chair of
the Cranbrook Archives

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CP’s British Columbia business car #19
Museum and Landmark
Foundation.

1984
Historic Church restored
“The East Kootenay
Historical Society, led
PHOTO FROM ARCHIVE
by Skip Fennessey, de- The church, built by Father Coccola got a facelift
cided to try and get the in 1983.
church on St. Mary’s
Band lands restored.
Skip, Judge Leo Ganser
and Malcolm McPhee
all of the Historical
Society, got together
with Sophie Pierre,
Band Chief, Mike Patterson of the BC Heritage Trust, Bill Blaine,
a consultant and Garry
Anderson of Cranbrook
Archives, Museum and
Landmarks society to
map out a plan of action.”
The group got a
$53,000 in grants for
the project.

1985
Zellers
celebrates
grand opening
“Our new stores conform to the latest concepts in merchandising
and presentation which
we are implementing
in most of our stores
across Canada,” said
E.S. Paul, President and
COO of Zellers. “At
Zellers, we believe that
people really make the
difference and we try to
live up to that belief in
all our dealings with our
customers.”
East Kootenay Girls
compete at PNE
“Every One a Winner:
Miss PNE ‘85, Jacqueline Plouffe of Vancouver, meets her fellow
contestants after the
Miss PNE Pageant held
Tuesday, August 20, in
the Paci¿c Coliseum.
Laurie Rennich of
Creston, Lori Holford of
Trail, Catherine Zak of
Grand Forks and Carri
Janes of Cranbrook are
all winners of their local
pageants.

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East Kootenay pageant winners competed at the PNE in 1985

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Anything went at the ‘86 games, including this unnanounced parachutist.

1986
86 Games a Fantastic
Success
“They ran, they swam,
they jumped out of airplanes...but most important, they all had a great
time!
The 1986 B.C.Summer
Games went off with a
hitch as the City of Cranbrook pulled together
to accommodate several thousand athletes,
coaches and spectators.
The effort required thousands of volunteers, but
the result was ‘The Best
Games Ever’.

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The food bank was a brand new concept for the city in 1987

1987
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Cranbrook hosted the 1986 B.C. Summer Games.

Working to establish
a food bank
“Cranbrook

has

a

great giving spirit and
this was demonstrated
last Christmas with
projects like the Angel
Tree and the Salvation
Army hampers. We
need that same type of

support now to get the
Cranbrook Food Bank
going,” said Carol
Roueche, chair of the
food bank.

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“Hospital Administrator Merlen Hokanson
said Wednesday that
the $15 million addition to the hospital is
now partly operational
and is of¿cially due to
open on August 29. The
project, which took 30
months to complete and
cost $15 million in construction and equipment
costs is well worth the
wait, Hokanson added.”
Work shop areas were
added, as well as a
new hydro therapy tub,
a gymnasium, living
skills areas, and a new
psycyiatric unit. Work
still had to be done on
the extended care facility.

1990
Individual plans vary
in wake of Cominco
shut-down
Shades of 2001 happened more than a decade earlier when Cominco shut down.

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Waiting for the Sullivan Mine to reopen
“The dust appears to
have settled in the Bavarian City, following
Cominco’s announce-

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ment that it will shut
down the Sullivan
Mine., and Kimberley
residents are now looking toward the future.”
Kimberley Mayor Jim
Ogilvie said that the city
is in for some extremely
dif¿cult times, depending on the length of the
mine shutdown, but
noted that Kimberley
has other attractions.
“I would say that the
media has given us a
bum rap. What happens
at Cominco will affect
us severly, but we’ve
had a lot of people
working towards this
day for a long time,”

1991
said Ogilvie.
Jumbo Creek development concerns
many
“In the case of the
proposed Jumbo Creek
development, we have
the classic land use debate scenario. Pheidias
Project
Management
Corporation of Vancouver, has proposed a
year-round ski resort in
the Jumbo Creek area
west of Invermere. With
a projected cost of $200
million to $300 million
and the addition of an
estimagted 1,000 permanent jobs, there’s no
doubt that the project
would provide the area
with a serious economic
boost.”
At the time however,
there were, like today,
skeptics of this claim.
““Obviously the developer agrees to a lot
when coming into an
area. But what happens in the long run is
another matter,” said
Ian Jack, president of
the Lake Windermere
District Rod and Gun
Club. “Environmental
concerns are quickly
forgotten as these things
grow. “

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Dan Miller, Forests Minister, came to the city to open the new district of¿ce.

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The Key City Theatre opened with acting, musicals and dancing in 1992.

1992
Key City Theatre
opens this week!
“This is the week
we’ve all waited for
- three nights of gala
events that will celebrate the grand opening
of the Key City Theatre
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in
Cranbrook.”
On February 11, the
theatre opened with
“On with the Show!”,
the next day featured
“On with the Dance!”
and ¿nished with “On
with the Music!”
Forest
Minister
opens new building
“Dan Miller, B.C.
Forests Minister, Àew
into Cranbrook to of¿cially open the new
Cranbrook Forest District of¿ce.”
Miller said at the
time that the Kootenay
Forest District was in
“pretty good shape”
and that there was evidence of good planning
in the area.

1993
PM hits Cranbrook
“Prime Minister KimCampbell was in Cranbrook last week as part
of her campaign tour
and to open the campaign of Kootenay East
Progressive
Conservative candidate Jack
McInnis.
About 400 people attended a dinner at the
Colombo Lodge to hear
Campbell speak. Her
speech was fast and personal, as she took time
to speak of the friends
she has made in this
area during two previous visits and com-

mending the work of
some area citizens. In
particular, she singled
out the work of Garry
Anderson at the Canadian Museum of Rail
Travel, Grace Chabot
and Sophie Pierre.

was completed earlier
this year. The visual/
performance arts space
is one of the best in
the Kootenays and is
already highly used by
the public.
A grand opening celebration for Centre
64, entitled Art in the
Making, will take place
Thursday, November
24 at 7:15 p.m.”

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Prime Minister Kim Campbell during her election days visit to Cranbrook.

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off a North
Star Motors ad
from 1972 in
the Kootenay
Advertiser

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1995
Water, water everywhere
Shades of the spring
of 2012 happened in
1995 with this story.
“Charlie Fitzen says
its been almost 50 years
since he’s seen Àoods
like those that ripped
and spilled through the
Elk Valley last week.
And even then it wasn’t
so bad.”

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The Àoods were triggered when mountain
streams, already swollen by a quickly melting snowpack, were
overtopped by two
days of heavy rain.
They washed out roads,
toppled bridges and
caused havoc for thousands of people in the
region.

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Much like 2012, in 1995 area rivers overÀowed their banks.

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ThankYou!
TO ALL OF THE SPONSORS WHO HELPED
US TO BUILD THE KOOTENAY CHILD
DEVELOPMENT CENTRE:
The Kootenay Child Development Centre fundraising committee would like to thank all of the following

organizations, businesses and individuals for their donations and support that helped us achieve our goal for
the families of the East Kootenay. We had so many spectacular volunteers along the way that helped us with
all of our fundraising events and we are forever grateful to those individuals. Thank you for believing in the
Kootenay Child Development Centre, please stop by and visit us in person or online at www.kootenaycdc.ca.

A special mention to Bill Bennett for all of the support he has
given the Kootenay Child Development Centre project.
Platinum - $100,000 +

This scene was common in the spring and summer
of 1995 throughout the region.

Thank You
To the sponsors of the

6th Annual Mopars
in the Mountains Car Show

What a great event we had and we have so many businesses and
organizations to thank and especially need to thank all of the participants
that came out to support the 6th Annual Mopars in the Mountains Car Show.
We also have our dedicated volunteers to thank as we could not have pulled
off this event without all of you. A very special thank you to Mike and
Donna Stanko for mentoring us through the planning stages, you made our
jobs so much easier. And to Fern Rivard for all of his help with gathering
prizes. Thank you PB Pro Audio for providing us with great music and
sound for the day. Don’t forget to “Like Us” on Facebook to keep up to date
with events and activities for next year’s event or you can also log onto our
website www.moparsinthemountains.com for more information.

Jaffray started its volunteer ¿re department with a brand new $150,000 ¿re
truck and a three-bay ¿rehall.

1996
Jaffray ¿re hall
grand opening Saturday
“The Jaffray Volunteer
Fire Department became fully operational
November 4. About 20
volunteer ¿re¿ghters
from the local area have
been trained.
A brand new $150,000
¿re truck arrived in Jaffray September 9 of last
year from Fort Gary

Industries of Winnipeg along with a used
tanker truck. The two
trucks will be housed
in the newly constructed $767,000 three bay
¿rehall located on the
Jaffray-Baynes
Lake
Road.”
Local Heroes
“Dwayne Townsend,
right and Paul Scott, left,
were presented with the
Vital Link award at the
Cranbrook ambuland
station last Monday for

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Paul Scott, left, and Dwayne Townsend, right, saved the life of Kevin Leiman
and received a Vital Link award.

the action they took to
revive Kevin Leiman,
centre, after a motor vehicle accident last November. The pair started
CPR after they arrived
at the accident scene
prior to police, ¿re and
ambulance crews and
found Leiman without
any vital signs. Leiman
spent 10 days in a Calgary hospital but has
recovered well from his
injuries.”

“With the introduction
of its ¿rst on-line course
in applied research
methods, students globally now have the opportunity to study at the
College of the Rockies
without ever having to
visit the college campus
in Cranbrook.”
Instructor Jeff Hunt
said that the course
provides students with
basic research skills
necessary to work in the
digital economy with a
focus on traditional research methods as well
as using the Internet and
World Wide Web as a
research tool.
Chamber
opening

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The 125th anniversary of the RCMP was part of the 1998 Musical Ride that
came to the city that year.

grand

“Directors and staff of
the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce will
hold a dedication, grand
opening and open house
of its new facilities February 19.
“The new of¿ce is
bright, warm and wonderful, said chamber
manager Karin Penner.
We owe a great deal to
the business people of
Cranbrook. We had a
tremendous amount of
support from our business community. It is
their facility and they
have a lot to be proud
of.”

1998
125th Anniversary of
the RCMP and 1998
Musical Ride

Congratulations
on 40 Years
of
Community
Advertising

“There was a tremendous turn-out for the
RCMP Musical Ride.
An estimated 11,000
people over the weekend of July 17 and 18
braved the blazing
sun to watch men and
women of the RCMP
perform.”
New ¿ve screen cinema to open next summers

“Letters continue to
Àood into the Kootenay Advertiser of¿ce
regarding the upcoming Cranbrook referendum. On February 27,
residents of Cranbrook
will be asked to decide
if the city should enter
into an agreement with
Keen Rose Technology
Group to build, operate
and maintain a multipurpose recreation facility for a period of 30
years”
This was a contentious
issue at the time, according to the letters received at the Advertiser.
Residents writing in
were split on whether or
not the building should
be constructed.

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The opening of the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort in Cranbrook was a scene ¿lled with dignitaries and
politicians eager to welcome another ¿rst class hotel to the area.

Wal-Mart now a reality for Cranbrook
and area
“Wal-Mart
Canada
is under construction
in Cranbrook, with an
opening slated for October 2000. There are
currently 166 Wal-Mart
stores in Canada.”
Representatives from
Wal-Mart stated at the
time that the store is extremely intent on community fundraising programs and that the head
of¿ce will match and
contribute funds raised
for the local charities
dollar for dollar up to a
set amount.

“It’s been a year now
since South Country
Chrysler opened its
doors in Cranbrook.
This Saturday, April 15,
the management and
staff want to say thank
you for making their
¿rst year such a succss
- so they’re inviting everyone in the region to
their Grand Opening
celebrations.”

2001
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Wal-Mart was still under construction in 2000 when this photo was taken.

French
Immersion
graduates.
“The ¿rst graduates to
graduate from Mount
Baker Secondary with
a French Immersion
diploma say education
with a French accent
has been a great experience.
“I think it has given
us broad horizons,” said
Caitlin Shepherd, 17,
who like her classmates,
learned everything from
the ABCs to algebra in
French.”
South to Tennessee -

2002
with 50 elk
“A convoy of four
heavy duty trucks and
trailers headed south
February 11 with a precious cargo.
The caravan contained
50 Canadian elk; six
bulls, 19 bred cows and
25 calves. Driving one
of the trucks was Lorne
Fulton of Kimberley,
retired miner and a life
member of the Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation.
“This is the third release we’ve done in
Tennessee; we released
50 in 2000 and 50 in
2001, all with radio collars. Of that 100, only
14 animals have been
lost,” said Fulton.
New Fitness Facility
now open
“Gold’s Gym International is now open
at Tamarack Centre
in Cranbrook as part
of the largest international gym chain in the
world.”
The elaborate design
of the facility has necessitated some delays in
opening but everything
is now in full operation.
“

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Some members of the Ktunaxa Nation dressed in ceremonial garb for the opening of the resort.

2003
Mission Accomplished
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John Pye, president of Delta Hotels and Sophie Pierre, chair of the St. Eugene Mission Development Project and chief of the St. Mary’s Band, of¿cially open the Delta St. Eugene Mission Resort January 26.

“Former
Students
sipped champagne in
what was once the student’s dining room of

the Kootenay Indian
Residential School as
the board of directors of
the St. Eugene Mission
Resort
Development
welcomed the world to
the brand new Delta St.
Eugene Mission Resort
welcomed the world to

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near Cranbrook.
“We want to thank
those who believed in
us,” said Sophie Pierre,
chair of the project.
“There is always risk in
any business, but transforming a former Indian
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probably a little bit bigger risk.”

2004
Freestyle heroes
The FIS Freestyle
ski tour made a stop at
Fernie Alpine Resort
on January 24. Athletes
from around the globe
competed in aerials
and moguls events on
deep Fernie snow and
two Canadians won
gold medals: Ontario’s
Elisa Kurylowicz and
29-year-old Cranbrook
native Jim Schiman.
Everyone’s invited
to the of¿cial grand
opening at Cranbrook
Dodge
“Cranbrook
Dodge
is celebrating an of¿cial grand opening ceremony after six months
of successful business
under new owner Dave
Girling.
“My family and our
horses are really getting
settled here and enjoying it,” said Girling.

eastern British Columbia completes today by
the Nature Conservancy
of Canada (NCC) and
Tembec. It is the largest
agreement of its kind
ever negotiated by NCC
and one of the biggest
private
conservation
agreements in North
American history.”
The Nature Conservancy continues to
purchase land across
the continent to protect
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Joel Kaiser poses with
SP team member David
Chang in front of a
Chinook helicopter operated by the Singaporean Army to airlift relief
workers and supplies
across Indonesia.

wildlife corridors.

Local man brings
tsunami relief
Local Joel Kaiser and
the Samaritan’s Purse
team worked around the
clock to orchestrate a
logistical network that
would deliver relief
supplies to Meulaboh
and surviving villages
along the coastline.
“It was complete chaos. There were no roads
left and all of the airstrips were destroyed,”
said Kaiser.
Throughout the East
Kootenay region dozens
of groups got together
and aided the tsunami
stricken nation. Millions of dollars as well
as donations of food
and clothing were collected for the victims of
the disaster

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2006
Motion crafted to rid
the Regional District
of Jumbo
“A motion, crafted by
District of Sparwood
Mayor David Wilks,
states that a letter should
be sent to the Ministry
of Community Services “requesting that
should the Master Plan
for the proposed Jumbo
Glacier Resort receive
provincial approval, the
guidelines set out in the
provincial resort strategy be followed and
a special municipality
be established for the
area of the Master Plan,
similar to those created
in conjunction with resource
development,
with powers granted to
an appointed governing
body until a suf¿cient
number of voters can
elect a governing body
be done in consultation
with the RDEK, First
Nations and the developer.”
Mark Shmigelsky, Invermere Mayor, said at
the time that he didn’t
understand why the
mayor of Sparwood
would seek to eliminate
regional control over
the decision making

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Local dignitaries and volunteers gathered to commemorate the opening of the city’s new public library.
processes
associated
with the ski resort.

2007
Grand Opening for
new public library
“Just one day before
Family Literacy day in
BC, the Cranbrook Public Library celebrated
its of¿cial opening last

Friday. Donors, Library
Board members and local government representatives gathered with
engineers and contractors in the new library
building on Kootenay
Street that has been a
long time coming.”
City takes over all
operations of the RecPlex and curling rink
“After over two and

a half years of negotiations, the City of Cranbrook of¿cially took
over operations of the
RecPlex as well as the
curling rink on Monday.
The process to establish
a termination agreement between the city
and Optimira Energy
Canada, a successor of
the original business
partner Keen Rose, was
started in July 2004.
“This is a great day for

our residents in Cranbrook,” said Mayor
Ross Priest.

2008
Let the games begin
“The BC Winter
Games are here for
this weekend and when
asked if everything was
ready, Kimberley-Cran-

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The BC Winter Games, held in the area in 2008,
featured athletes from around the province who
vowed they would be back just to visit.
brok Winter Games
Committee President
Rob MacIntyre replied,
“Absolutely, we’re ex-

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Emergency workers on the scene of a horri¿c helicopter crash that killed four
people, including an international exchange student in 2008.
ents will start to Àood
into the region from
all across the province.
Over the course of the
four and a half days that
the BC Winter Games
entail, sports events
will be taking place in
Kimberley, Cranbrook,
as well as Fernie and
Sparwood.”

Garry Anderson is
appointed a member
of the Order of Canada
“Garry
Anderson’s
work in heritage conservation has been
recognized at the highest level. At the end of
December 2007, the
Governor General of
Canada, the Right Hon-

ourable Michaelle Jean,
announced that the Executive Dirctor of the
Cranbrook Archives,
Museum and Landmark
Foundation has been
appointed to the Order
of Canada.”
Four die in helicopter crash
Four people died in

(From left) EKFH Chair Linda Berukoff. Jeff Chynoweth (GM Kootenay ICE), Matt Fraser (2009 WHL
Humanitarian Award Winner) and Donna Grainger (EKFH Executive Director) get together to accept the
ICE’s $500 donation toward a Matt Fraser/Kootenay ICE Fans star.
the May 2008 crash in a
residential area of Cranbrook, B.C.
Investigators say they
may never know exactly
what caused a helicopter to crash into a residential neighbourhood
in Cranbrook, B.C.,
killing four people.
But they say the aircraft should not have

been operating at such
a low altitude over
homes.
Three people on the
aircraft and one person
on the street died when
the aircraft lost power,
fell to the ground and
burst into Àames in the
city on May 13, 2008.

2009
Humanitarian of the
year helps Starlite
Humanitarian: caring,
kind, gentle, compassionate and charitable.
Matt Fraser, the 2009
WHL Humanitarian of
the Year Award Winner

is once again joining
forces with East Kootenay Foundation for
Health in support of
its 3rd annual Starlite
Campaign for Excellence in Health Care.
Last year Matt’s efforts were focused on
raising $5,000 to light
one star; however in
the end the generosity
of hockey fans, some
fundraising
initiatives by Matt with his
teammates and various community groups,
the Shoot for the Star
fundraiser realized over
$14,900 which lit the
sky with two stars and
almost three.
Expansion Vote
Voters in Cranbrook
are heading to the polls
Saturday to decide
whether to double the
size of the city in B.C.’s
southeastern Interior.
The so-called Eastern
Boundary Expansion
plan would add about
3,640 hectares by incorporating some private and Crown land
east of town, effectively
doubling the size of the
city.
All but one member of
council wants to expand
the city into the rolling
hills overlooking the
Rocky Mountains.
The
pro-expansion
group, called Yes for
Opportunity, is made up
largely of the Cranbrook
business community,
including the Chamber
of Commerce, and most
city councillors.

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Kimberleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Conference and Athlete Training Centre .

2010

2011

Conference Centre
opens doors

Cranbrook honours
heroic bus driver

â&#x20AC;&#x153;On Thursday, government
ofÂżcials,
prominent members of
the Kootenay region,
tourism sector and athletic community came
together to unveil and
celebrate the opening
of the new Kimberley
Conference and Athlete Training Centre.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;At 24,000 square
feet, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the largest
facility of its kind in
Eastern BC and represents the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
strong vision for the
the future,â&#x20AC;? said Tim
Greiner, the Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
General Manager. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It
is a remarkable stateof-the-art facility built
with sustainable practices in mind and designed for full accessibility, but people with
all abilities, throughout.â&#x20AC;?

On Monday night,
Mayor Scott Manjak
on behalf of council,
presented City of Cranbrook transit driver
Ron Davidson with an
award, following his
selĂ&#x20AC;ess act of rescuing an elderly resident
from Joseph Creek on
June 6.â&#x20AC;?
That day, 86-year-old
Emily Harrer was out
along Joseph Creek
when she fell in. Davidson discovered her
hanging onto a branch
and partially submerged in the creek
and pulled her to safety.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to thank Mr.
Davidson for his selfless act in the spirit of
kindness in coming to
the aid of someone in
distress,â&#x20AC;? said Mayor
Scott Manjak.

City still wins in
contest

Kootenay ICE win
WHL Eastern Conference Championship

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Kraft Hockeyville 2010 contest is
over and congratulations go to Dundas for
being named the winner.
Congratulations also
go out to the scores
of local residents who
volunteered their time
to put Cranbrook in the
top Âżve contenders for
the title.â&#x20AC;?
In the end, Cranbrook
received 786,165 votes
that put it in the top
Âżve, making the city
eligible for $25,000 to
go towards arena improvements.
Residents of the city
should be proud of the
way they displayed
true Cranbrook spirit
throughout the contest.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;With an unbelievable Âżve goals, forward
Max Reinhart was the
driving force that propelled the Kootenay
ICE past the Medicine
Hat Tigers with a 7-2
win in Game 4, giving
the team their second
series sweep of the
playoffs and the title
of WHL Eastern Conference Champion.
The Ice have won
eleven playoff games
in a row, just one shy
of the WHL record of
12. They are the WHL
Eastern
Conference
Champions and Cody
Eakin was named the
Eastern
Conference
MVP.â&#x20AC;?

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The Kootenay Ice win the WHL Eastern Conference Championship and go on
to win the Ed Chynoweth Cup.

2012
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With the help of a Sam Steele Sweetheart, Mayor Scott Manjak awards Ron Davidson for heroism.

Premier comes to city
with funding
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today announced a

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Community Connections Society of Southeast B.C., which opened
the doors of its new
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this year.
“This centre is exactly
what Kootenay-based
families need and we
are proud to support
the completion of this
important community
facility,” said Premier
Clark. “Every parent
knows how dif¿cult it
is to juggle life’s many
demands, and every
moment that can be
spared is valuable. But
what is most important
is that children receive
the care they need in
a timely way, with the
least amount of stress
on parents.”
Locals nominated
for Paralympics
A strong team of
¿ve archers has been
nominated by Archery
Canada to the Canadian
Paralympic Committee
(CPC) for entry into the
London 2012 Paralympic Games.
The Canadian contingent will be led by
2008 Paralympian and
2011 Parapan American
Games gold medallist,
Kevin Evans (Jaffray,
BC). Evans is also a
two-time
defending
world champion, having struck gold in 2007
and 2009 in the Men’s
Open Compound Bow
category.
“I’m really pleased
and excited about returning to the Paralympic Games,” said Evans. “Last season was
a bit rough with some
untimely injuries, but
things are de¿nitely
looking up this season
and for the Paralympics.”

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Jaffrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kevin Evans was nominated to represent Canada in the London 2012
Paralympic Games.
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Premier Clark came to the Kootenay Child Development Centre to announce a Community Gaming
Grant for the organization.

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would take place all because of a chance to win
a beautiful Ford F-150
at Kootenay ICE game
compliments of Denham Ford and its support of the A Clear View
– digital mammography
campaign.
When
Cranbrook
resident Marion Dixon
stepped out onto the ice
surface between the 2nd
and 3rd periods she remembers being nervous
about how to hold a
hockey stick never mind
trying to shoot a puck.
When her fellow contestant made the attempt
and missed, Marion de-

cided give it her best try.
Just imagine how dif¿cult it is to hit a hole no
bigger than 3 ½ inches
wide and high from two
blue lines away… almost impossible.
It is now a week later
and you may have heard
or seen the story of the
woman who did the impossible. Marion quite
simply hit the puck and
watched as it slid its way
slowly down and through
that small opening and
became the owner of a
new Ford truck. An incredible feat to say the
least but this is the rest
of the story.
The truck was donated
by Denham Ford to help
raise funds for A Clear
View and more than
$2,000 was raised for
the cause.

PHOTO BRIAN COOMBS

Fire¿ghters fought this blaze through the night, stopping only to rescue residents of an apartment on the block from the roof of their building.
Blaze destroys four
businesses–sees dramatic rescue

“The investigation is
underway into a serious
¿re in downtown Cranbrook overnight that
engulfed four downtown businesses.
At 1:24 a.m. on Tuesday April 24, Cranbrook

Fire and Emergency
Services received a call
of a ¿re in a building
located at 806 Baker
Street, between 8th
Avenue South and 9th
Avenue South. The call
was made by an alert
RCMP of¿cer doing
a routine patrol of the
downtown core. The
of¿cer had noticed

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smoke coming out of
the rear of the building
and upon closer inspection, saw Àame through
a rear window.
Other police of¿cers
responded before the
¿re department was
able to arrive and while
the of¿cers were unable to gain access to
the building because
of erupting Àames,
they were able to make
enough noise to wake
the occupants of the
building. After verbal
contact was made, the
two occupants Àed to
the roof of an adjacent
building where they
were evacuated by the
Fire Department, which
had arrived with 18
¿re¿ghters, including
the Chief and Deputy
Chief and two engines
and a ladder truck.
There were no injuries.
“We are thankful for
our members quick
thinking and alertness
during a seemingly
routine patrol of the
downtown area” Stated
Acting OIC Sgt. Laurie
Jalbert.”

TO
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Cranbrook • (250)417-0892

This ad based
off a Cranbrook
Furniture
Market ad from
1998 in the
Kootenay
Advertiser

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Friday, August 17, 2012 Kootenay News Advertiser

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